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Dennis Hastert wants $1.7M back from sex abuse accuser

United Press International (UPI.com) 

Andrew V. Pestano
Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Dennis Hastert, imprisoned on charges of fraud and lying to federal agents, is looking to get $1.7 million back from one of his sexual abuse accusers.



He Said / She Said – Seattle Seahawks Enter The Offseason

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

Oregon Sports News writers Julian Rogers and Jessica Ridpath discuss the Seattle Seahawks’ now concluded 2016 season. Rogers: No, the Seahawks’ season wasn’t over when Earl Thomas broke his leg by running into Kam “Cyborg” Chancellor on Dec. 4. It only seems like it. In fact, the Seahawks’ season was over in the second quarter [...]

Rotting radishes stinking up Pennsylvania town

TheRepublic.com 

JERSEY SHORE, Pa. — A television station has found the reason one central Pennsylvania town stinks: a field of decaying radishes. WNEP-TV (http://bit.ly/2jGF7LV ) began investigating after residents of in the town of Jersey Shore complained the odor was turning the place into Funkytown. Some people thought their propane tanks were leaking. Others say the

Melania Trump’s hometown in Slovenia marks inauguration

TheRepublic.com 

SEVNICA, Slovenia — The inauguration of Donald Trump is a big thing for a small town in Slovenia where the new U.S. first lady traces her roots. Residents of Sevnica watched live coverage from Washington at the town’s cafes or at their homes, dazzled by Melania Trump’s appearance in a sky blue cashmere jacket and

KLM breidt onderhoudscontract met Xiamen uit

Tubantia 

AMSTELVEEN (ANP) - De technische dienst van KLM op Schiphol neemt de komende tien jaar het onderhoud voor zijn rekening aan de motoren van nog zes Dreamliners van de Chinese samenwerkingspartner Xiamen Airlines. Dat maakte de luchtvaartmaatschappij vrijdag bekend.

Sean Smith, Austin Howard recovering from shoulder surgery

NBCSports.com 

Cornerback Sean Smith’s first season with the Raiders got off to a shaky start when he was benched in the first game of the season, but he was able to rebound from that low to turn in a solid season in the Oakland secondary. Smith did that work despite a shoulder injury that forced him…

Sheriff: Officer, woman killed; search on for boyfriend

TheRepublic.com 

MARRERO, La. — An off-duty police officer and a woman he was helping were shot and killed Friday in a New Orleans suburb, and agencies were searching for a man who had been involved with the woman, authorities said. Officer Michael Louviere, 26, of Westwego, was shot in neighboring Marrero, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand

Broncos planning to give Paxton Lynch a chance to be starter

NBCSports.com 

With a new head coach and a new offensive staff in place in Denver, the Broncos have an opportunity to go in a new direction. That direction is apparently not a trade for a veteran such as Tony Romo. According to Mike Klis of KUSA, the Broncos are prepared to give 2016 first-rounder Paxton Lynch…

Working to reduce transaction cost on online payments: RBI to PAC

Zee News (zeenews.india.com) 

RBI on Friday informed a parliamentary panel that it is working on a mechanism to bring down transaction cost on online payments even as the meeting was stalled for a while as BJP members protested Chairman K V Thomas' statement on demonetisation.

Steven Mnuchin and the Tax-Haven Divide

The New Yorker 

If confirmed, Steven Mnuchin, the nominee to be Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary, will have a portfolio that touches on many critical issues, including tax policy, financial regulation, international trade, and the myriad conflicts posed by the next President’s opaque business dealings. Also on the list is the matter of whether extremely wealthy investors will have the ability to avail themselves of offshore tax shelters in the future. That last responsibility became a central line of questioning... Читать дальше...

Grayscale Investments files to list its bitcoin trust on NYSE

MarketWatch.com 

Grayscale Investments has filed to list its Bitcoin Investment Trust on the New York Stock Exchange in a $500 million initial public offering, according to documents submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. Shares of the trust, which presently trades over the counter, have been trading at a premium to the bitcoin price. The trust, which back in 2013 and exclusively invests in bitcoin, is one of the only options available to institutional investors wishing to gain exposure to the currency. Читать дальше...

'The Hobbit' book returned after 38-year unexpected journey

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — A hardbound edition of "The Hobbit" is back on the shelves at a New York library nearly 40 years after it was checked out by a reader who traveled the world as a Marine. Bob James tells WSTM-TV in Syracuse (http://bit.ly/2jwoC2Q ) that he checked out the J.R.R. Tolkien book from the Tompkins County Public Library in Ithaca before enlisting in the Marines in 1979.

Sneeuw op het veld, amateurclubs zoeken naar alternatief

Tubantia 

ENSCHEDE - De temperatuur gaat (overdag) weer wat omhoog en dat is voor de amateurclubs maar goed ook. Veel trainers zitten met hun handen in het haar, omdat velden nog van een laag sneeuw zijn voorzien.





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